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School Effects and Labor Market Outcomes for Young Adults in the 1980s and 1990s

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  • Constant, Amelie F.

    (Temple University)

  • Konstantopoulos, Spyros

    (Michigan State University)

Abstract

This study examines high school effects on the labor market success of young adults, above and beyond individual and family characteristics. We employ data from two longitudinal, nationally probability samples: the National Longitudinal Study and the High School and Beyond study and the 5th and 4th follow-up studies respectively. We employ multi-level models and adjust for selection into the labor force. Our findings reveal that there are differential, enduring school effects on future earnings for individuals attending different schools.

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  • Constant, Amelie F. & Konstantopoulos, Spyros, 2002. "School Effects and Labor Market Outcomes for Young Adults in the 1980s and 1990s," IZA Discussion Papers 671, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
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    Keywords

    multi-level models; labor market performance; school heterogeneity; school effects;
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    JEL classification:

    • J1 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics
    • J3 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs
    • A2 - General Economics and Teaching - - Economic Education and Teaching of Economics
    • C1 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General
    • C3 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables

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